Anthocoris pilosus (Jakovlev, 1877)

Tetraphleps pilosus Jakovlev, 1877: 95 (as new species); Anthocoris albidipennis Reuter, 1909: 7; Anthocoris persicus Wagner, 1957: 109; Anthocoris sibiricus Péricart, 1972: 143 non Reuter, 1875.

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Fars (Modarres Awal 1997 as A. persicus; Erfanfar & Ostovan 2002, 2005; Falamarzi et al. 2009), East Azarbaijan (Farshbaf Pour-Abad et al. 2017), Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006 as A. persicus), Ilam (Mirab-Balou 2016), Isfahan (Rakhshani et al. 2010), Kerman (Wagner 1957; Modarres Awal 1997, both as A. persicus), Khuzestan (Rajabpour 2011 Rajabpour et al. 2012), Lorestan (Sepahvand et al. 2016), Mazandaran (Heiss 2002), Northern Khorasan (Malkeshi et al. 1998; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Razavi Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010a, b; Keykhosravi et al. 2016), Semnan (Jakovlev 1877 (Shahrud - holotype, as Tetraphleps pilosus); Kiritshenko 1949), Tehran (Lindberg 1938; Wagner 1957 as A. persicus).

General distribution. Palaearctic except the farmost East (Far East Russia, Korea, Japan) and North Africa.

Plant associates. Alfalfa (Rakhshani et al. 2010; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010b), sunflower and grasses (Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010b), Salix sp. ( Salicaceae) (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Rosa spp . ( Rosaceae) (Keykhosravi et al. 2016); Urtica dioica (Urticaceae), Astragalus glaucoacanthus (Fabaceae), Pistacia khinjukh (Anacardiaceae), Ulmus sp. ( Ulmaceae) (Wagner 1957 as A. persicus).

Prey records. Aphids of pome fruit trees (Malkeshi et al. 1998), alfalfa aphids (Rakhshani et al. 2010), Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Keykhosravi et al. 2016), whiteflies ( Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006 as A. persicus), Aphididae, Miridae (Hemiptera), young caterpillars, Microlophium evansi (Theobald, 1923), Chaitophorus sp. ( Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Péricart 1972), Asiphonella cynodonti (Das, 1918) and Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann, 1802) ( Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Modarres Awal 1997 as A. persicus), Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel) ( Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Mirab-Balou 2016).